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How Did Martin Luther King Changed America

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“I have a dream” an inspiring speech that has changed America, Dr. Martin Luther King jr. who delivered this speech was a great impact to the America we know today. From Martin Luther King jr. -(experts from) Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and Martin Luther King jr. -(excerpts from) Letters from a Birmingham Jail by Les Prix Nobel and Martin Luther King Jr (MLK). MLK a Baptist Minister and social activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther King overcomes adversity through fighting the challenges of racial Injustice, his faith in America, and by going through the conditions of Nigro Live's. To begin with, MLK overcame adversity through fighting the challenges of racial Injustice. MLK lived in Birmingham when white people went over to a black area where children are crying for help but they are received their help through Fire hoses, Snarling dogs, and even death. As stated in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. This shows that Negroes are treated with injustice. Even on top of that in Philadelphia and Mississippi young people seeking the right to vote were brutalized and murdered as stated in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. This suggests, that Negroes are being killed for the smallest things such as asking for help too trying to vote. Clearly, racial injustice was a big challenge Martin Luther King had to overcome. …show more content…

From the passage Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech it says Martin Luther King refused to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of History. This clearly shows that he wants to change every ones response to history. Also, Martin Luther King didn't accept that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and War. Obviously this suggests that Martin Luther King wanted there to be no violence. All-in-all, Martin Luther King's faith for America was stronger than any

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